More Quotes by Washington Irving
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
Enthusiasts soon understand each other.
He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner. He tries to compress as much thought as possible into a few words. On the contrary, the man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them.
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing.
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
